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  • More Episodes of Real Housewives of South Boston

    More Episodes of Real Housewives of South Boston

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    The scenes with Peter’s maternal family in Book 7, this is how they behaved! And why Peter was so City Point judgy-McJudgy toward them. Do you think these females wouldn’t try to punch him? Or if they had a drug dealing cousin, he wouldn’t inappropriately appropriate Mexican words? These people are wicked retahded!

  • South Boston Irish Ghetto

    South Boston Irish Ghetto

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    The Southie projects before they were remodeled. These projects are what Peter Sullivan and his siblings knew. They had to visit their maternal side and were subsequently robbed by their cousins. But if you looked at Old Colony (OC) nowadays, you’d not get it. They are quite nice. They didn’t use to be.

  • One of Us (South Boston), article by Jennifer J. Roberts

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    I absolutely love this article and I am so thankful the author of it came forward. It shows that things are not as binary as the press and activists try to make out. Are there humans involved? Yes. Then it will be complicated. Just the way it works. Please, also note what she says about…

  • Southie!!!

    Southie!!!

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    Meet real Southie!

  • Choctaw and Irish

    Choctaw and Irish

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    The Choctaw nation and the Irish remember an incredible kindness from over 170 years ago. The Choctaw people were one of the first victims of Andrew Jackson’s Trail of Tears. They were moved to what would become Oklahoma. They were poverty stricken and destitute. They learned about what was happening to the Irish during the…

  • Recommended Nonfiction Books

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    All Souls: A Family Story from Southie by Michael Patrick MacDonald for Peter Sullivan’s backstory and things in Book Six. I found this nonfiction book a fair and informative account of what took place in the 1974 riot and description of Southie. Generation Kill by Evan Wright. He was an embedded journalist in Iraq with…

  • That ‘70s Show with Zombies

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    Excerpt from Book Six, Clash© A cloud of marijuana smoke filled apartment A’s living room. Chris sat in the recliner while everyone else sat shoulder-to-shoulder on the couch or on the floor. They missed Pez for these sessions. Family obligations required him to move to a motel to be with them. “I have a question,…